Sarah Winters

In the bonus season finale, we speak to content designer Sarah Winters about clear language, the role of ego in government work, and why you should count the adjectives in news articles.

Jeff Eaton

In this episode, we chat with digital strategist Jeff Eaton about the difficulty of picking the right metric, how we determine our values, and his new company, Autogram.

Andy Welfle

In this episode, we talk to Writing Is Designing authors Michael J. Metts and Andy Welfe about inclusive language, how salary negotiations are problematic, and founding of one of the most welcoming UX and content communities on the planet.

Michael J. Metts and Andy Welfle

Erika Hall

Just Enough Research author Erika Hall and I discuss the pitfalls of polling, the need for humility in research, James Baldwin, and why design needs to interrogate capitalism. And that's just for starters.

Mike Monteiro

On this episode we talk once again to Ruined by Design author Mike Monteiro about the value of discomfort, the need for workers to organize, and why folks who look like him should absolutely not be deciding the future.

Mike Monteiro Returns

Eileen Webb

In this episode I talk to content strategist and speaker Eileen Webb about ethics, trauma-informed bias, and how hard it is to measure values.

Alex Hillman

In this episode I chat with Tiny MBA author Alex Hillman about the psychology of money, our false assumptions about business, and what we can learn from the 90's sitcom "Dinosaurs".

Malaika Carpenter

We chat with content strategist and comedy event organizer Malaika Carpenter about bias in comedy, the value of plain language, and how our language choices change how we design.

Margot Bloomstein

In this episode, I talk with content strategist, speaker, and author Margot Bloomstein about her upcoming book Trustworthy and how brands and even governments can build trust in a cynical time by leaning into their values and showing vulnerability at scale.

Wil Reynolds

I sit down with Seer Interactive founder Wil Reynolds to discuss bias in algorithms, how tech can disproportionately single out Black people for injustice, and how to treat people ethically at a company.

The Cognitive Bias podcast explores the world of things we do that don't make any rational sense, one bias at a time.

This podcast uncovers the biases that we do not even realize we have. It’s is quite eye-opening.

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Fascinating info about our various biases and how they impact the way we live

Accessible, interesting, and well-researched

The Cognitive Bias Podcast

This week, one of the biggest, baddest, scariest biases of them all. And one of the main reasons we're in the mess we're in.

Cognitive Bias Podcast Episode 4: Confirmation Bias

What if there was a bias that was driven by income inequality?

Lake Wobegon Effect

We think we contribute more than we do. We think everyone thinks the same way we do. We're all basically Ego the Living Planet.

Egocentric Bias

In this very special edition I share a talk I give about how we can do a better job of talking to one another both online and in real life, including some examples of how cognitive bias can get in the way of that, and some design solutions to help combat those biases.

The Content Strategy of Civil Discourse

The whole is bigger than the sum of its parts - except when we have to make decisions.

Subadditivity Effect

One of the most unshakeable biases. You can't even pay someone to not do it.

Anchoring

You can disrupt this bias with magnets. Seriously.

Optimism Bias

Nobody can tell you what to do. Not even you.

Reactance

Our memory skews in favor of making us look like we make awesome choices, even when we don't.

Cognitive Bias Podcast Episode 3: Choice-Supportive Bias

It always takes longer to get things done than we think it will, even when we've done those exact same things before.

Planning Fallacy

Why it's harder to quit smoking than you might think.

Attentional Bias

Sometimes numbers that sound accurate are anything but.

Base Rate Fallacy

This is the mother of all cognitive biases, so powerful, it can help start a war.

The Framing Effect

Sometimes what we expect to happen can change what happens.

Observer Expectancy Effect

The Ambiguity Effect

Why do we press the elevator button so many times? This is one bias that actually has an upside.

The Illusion of Control

If it went well, that's on me. If it went poorly, that's on everything and everyone else.

Self-Serving Bias

Why do we keep doing the thing even when it's no longer worth doing the thing?

Irrational Escalation

Who gets to decide where good ideas come from? What biases govern innovation? In an interview with Nilofer Merchant about her amazing new book "The Power of Onlyness" we look at what happens when individuals overcome their biases to scale what they have to offer and make real change in the world.

The Power of Onlyness

Just because someone is attractive doesn't mean everything else about them is awesome, but try telling your brain that.

Halo Effect

The best philosophy podcast episodes. Asking questions about how to live a better life, what it means to be and do good, to the idea of God. This topic includes episodes that bring about important questions that everyone should be asking themselves. Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

Best Episodes on Practical Philosophy & How To Live

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